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Foreword
Welcome to the Complete Country Guitar Method Compilation, and thanks for taking the time to check it out, yo u re on the way to country guitar mastery!
This book is all about creating a one-stop shop to take you from beginner to advanced country guitarist quickly, and efficiently. Ther e s a distinct lack of country guitar instructional books available, so I ve compiled three of my best-selling books into one great value package.
This compilation contains Country Guitar for Beginners, Country Guitar Soloing Techniques, and Country Guitar Heroes: 100 Licks for Country Guitar .
This compilation will give you everything need, no matter what level you are playing at.
You will:
- Get a fundamental understanding of chords and rhythm guitar in various sub-genres of country music.
- Learn the theory that connects chords, arpeggios, and scales, and how these are used in country music
- Understand the phrasing tricks used by country guitar players that do n t rely o n playing fast to sound good
- Get a solid understanding of the CAGED system and how i t s used for chords, scales, arpeggios and for playing over chord changes.
- Develop the techniques needed to improve speed and accuracy, including alternate picking, hybrid picking, slurs, banjo rolls, double stops, and more.
- Learn hundreds of real-life licks inspired by the genres most distinguished players
- Master multiple tracks composed for each book, each with their own backing tracks for fun and exciting practice.
- While the book has been organized to suit a beginner player who will begin at page one, you can also quickly dig into the chapters that cover the material that interests you.
The material is structured to provide you with the theoretical tools yo u ll need to play the style and introduce you to basic soloing concepts ( Country Guitar for Beginners ), develop the technique needed to play the genre at a high level ( Country Guitar Soloing Techniques ), and finally present you with authentic vocabulary used by the greats ( Country Guitar Heroes: 100 Licks for Country Guitar ).
About each book:
Country Guitar for Beginners
Country guitar is a genre rich in history, which more people are turning to in 2017. As with studying any music, the best way to sound authentic is to understand and pay tribute to its roots.
Country Guitar for Beginners covers The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers, right through to cowboys like Hank Williams, Western swingers like Eldon Shamblin and outlaws like Merle Haggard
Yo u ll learn the chords needed to play each style and the correct approaches to rhythm guitar. Yo u ll understand how to develop this knowledge into scales, solos, and licks.
Finally, yo u ll look at three tracks composed in a pop, rockabilly, and outlaw setting. You will learn the rhythm parts and solos, and practice them with the supplied backing tracks.
Country Guitar Soloing Techniques
Country Guitar Soloing Techniques arms you with expert technique to help you play in the style of Brent Mason, Albert Lee, and Johnny Hiland.
Ther e s an emphasis on the CAGED system and understanding of harmony, however, the bulk of the book develops your alternate picking technique, cross picking, hybrid picking, banjo rolls, slurs, double stops, and more.
Included is a full track titled Hot Dang Twang that uses each concept covered, and features two full solos that test your guitar technique.
Country Guitar Heroes: 100 Licks for Country Guitar
Now youve built the skills to play country guitar, the final step is to get to grips with some real-world vocabulary and licks
Music is a language, and being able to communicate with other musicians or listeners means being able to speak to them using words they will recognize.
Country Guitar Heroes teaches you 100 licks in the style of 20 of the best players in the genre. Each one of these licks is broken down and explained theoretically so yo u ll be able to develop them further and combine them at will.
Finally, I ve included a selection of solos that use these licks exclusively, but transposed and adapted them to work in a new context. This is where yo u l l learn to turn other peopl e s licks into your own unique language.
Ther e s a lot of content, and will provide you with years of study... but practice makes perfect, so grab your guitar and get ready to twang!
Levi
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Country Guitar for Beginners
Introduction
Considered by many to be the sound of America, surveys will tell you that there's no more popular genre of music than country music. Country and Western has a rich history, but to many only conjures up images of cowboys. However, the reality is that there's so much more to the story than this.
Born in the 1920s, country music shares many similarities with the blues, in that country is a fusion of music from other continents that found a footing in a new location. While we might think of the birthplace of the genre as the Appalachian Mountains, many would argue that the music was actually conceived in in the traditional folk sound and instrumentation of countries like Ireland and Scotland.
After many generations in the Appalachian melting pot (where music was played socially for entertainment), residents began to move south to work in cities like Atlanta, Georgia. This brought country music to ears of a different type of person; the business man. It was here that the recording industry would start to experiment with the commercial potential of country music. By the end of the 20s, the American people would come to know these early country sounds through success stories such as Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family.
During the 30s, the Great Depression saw a dramatic drop in record sales. The solution for music lovers was the radio renaissance, with the Grand Ole Opry filling the ears of anyone willing to listen. Thanks to Hollywood, the idea of the cowboy ballad caught on, with artists like Roy Acuff having hits with classics such as Wabash Cannonball.